Find True Strength

A waiting season is about more than what we wait for. It’s always about our heart in our waiting. The time we spend waiting on a baby can cause us to go deeper in our relationship and intimacy with the Lord. In God’s hands, our waiting can and will be worthwhile.

Throughout the Bible, God used waiting seasons to soften the hearts of his people. He taught the Israelites to depend on him while they wandered the desert for forty years (Exodus 16:35). He prepared David to be king during his years of hiding from Saul (1 Samuel 22:1). We can believe that our Creator has a purpose in our waiting seasons. He is our rescuer, the only God who saves.

The real issue becomes what you choose to believe during this season. Do you believe that God is using your waiting to grow your dependence on him? Or is the baby at the end the only way this season will have any worth and value to you?

In a season of my infertility, I was not trusting God’s will or direction for my life. In God’s sovereignty, he was kind to provide an opportunity that forced me to wait on him. My fertility clinic halted all treatments until I received clear breast biopsies. All I wanted was a baby, yet I was now facing the possibility of breast cancer.

God, in his steadfast loving-kindness, had previously brought my husband and me to Psalm 33:20–22, and it became our source of strength and truth. God had covered us in his nearness and prepared us for this day and situation. Then the Lord pressed on my heart, Do you trust me?

In my deep, deep agony, God used his Word and Spirit to confirm to my heart that I must “wait in hope” for him. He is my help and shield that I can trust. He knew what was to come and gradually showed me that trusting him was the only way I could endure this journey.

It is never too late to invest in your waiting season. Choose the better alternative: waiting in hope for the Lord. In your waiting, you can find true strength.

Pray

Lord, help me to wait well. I don’t know how to do that at this point of my journey, but I know you desire my whole. Like David said in Psalm 40, may I choose to wait patiently for you. Lord, draw me in to wait with and in you.

Respond

Today, do nothing when you want to do something that involves taking control. For example, when you want to Google a symptom but it’s not necessary, don’t. Instead, choose to pray and trust.